Holmes Collection: 1: Sisal production in Tanganyika, Part 1 of 2 1955-56

Synopsis

Film of Sisal production in Tanganyika filmed over a period of 18 months during 1955-56(?)

Production / Donor Details: The donor Mrs Holmes was born in Arusha, Tanganyika in 1925, and was a Colonial Nursing Sister in Tanga, Tanganyika, between 1950 and 1952. In 1952 she married an ex-Kenya Police Officer working on Kibaranga Sisal Estate, Tanga, where she spent the next ten years. Mrs Holmes has also been interviewed for the Oral History Archive.

Titles

Holmes Collection: 1: Sisal production in Tanganyika, Part 1 of 2 1955-56 (Archive)

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